[GamChix] Fwd: [ISOC - AF] : Africa Internet Summit 2018 - AfNOG Announcement - English
Aji Fatou Sey
aji.fatou.sey at gmail.com
Tue Dec 19 11:17:38 PST 2017
Thanks for sharing Alagie :)
On Tue, Dec 19, 2017 at 6:57 PM, Alagie Ceesay <aceesay84 at gmail.com> wrote:
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> ---------- Forwarded message ----------
> From: *Victor Ndonnang via Internet Society* <Mail at connectedcommunity.org>
> Date: Tuesday,
>
> Dear Chapter Leaders,
>
>
>
> Forwarding this message from AfNOG for your information and action.
>
>
>
> For those of you who are interested by these workshops and possible
> fellowship, please use the links below to submit your applications before 31
> st December 2017.
>
> English:www.afnog.org/applications/online_application_en.php
> French:www.afnog.org/applications/online_application_fr.php
>
> Best regards,
>
> Victor.
>
> --
>
> Victor Ndonnang
>
> Chapter Development Manager, Africa Internet Society
>
> The Internet is for Everyone
>
> https://www.internetsociety.org
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> *From: *afnog <afnog-bounces at afnog.org> on behalf of nancy dotse <
> nancy at ghana.com>
> *Reply-To: *nancy dotse <nancy at ghana.com>
> *Date: *Tuesday, December 19, 2017 at 10:22 AM
> *To: *"afnog at afnog.org" <afnog at afnog.org>
> *Subject: *[afnog] THIRD REMINDER : AIS 2018 - AfNOG Announcement -
> English
>
>
>
> Hi All,
>
> I trust all is well.
>
> This is the Third reminder reference Announcement of AfNOG 2018 . All
> interested participants should kindly visit AfNOG Website
>
> and register asap as the DEADLINE is close.
>
> We also request that you forward the announcement to various mailing lists
>
> Wish you all a Merry Christmas in advance and the ery best of the New Year.
>
> Best regards
>
> Nancy
>
> *********
>
> Africa Internet Summit (AIS) : Workshop & Meetings 29thApril – 11thMay 2018
>
> Africa Internet Summit (AIS) Secretariat announces AfNOG's program at The
> Africa Internet Summit scheduled to be held in Dakar, SENEGAL from
> 29thApril – 11thMay 2018.
>
> AIS is the pinnacle multi-stakeholder event combining, workshops,
> conferences and networking for the internet Industry. The annual summit
> attracts internationally renowned Instructors, Experts and Speakers to
> share the latest innovations and Best practices in the Internet industry.
> This is the place where the African Technical Institutions and Af* such as
> AfNOG, AFRINIC, AfREN, AfricaCERT, AfTLD - AROC, AfCHIX, ISOC Africa,
> AfrICANN, AfGWG etc meet.
>
> Meeting the needs of the Africa Internet Community
>
> AIS aims at meeting the ever-changing needs of the ICT Industry and
> includes the core IP Engineering as well as integrating the real world use
> and impact of IP Technologies. Sessions include technical and business
> aspects of the Internet : ie Capacity Building, Infrastructure, Security,
> Policy, Content & Names, Internet Numbers and Research.
>
> About the Entire Event
>
> Event Calendar include the following:
>
> - AfNOG Workshop on Network Technology (offering advanced training in
> a week-long hands-on workshop)
> - Several one /two full-day Advanced AfNOG Tutorials
> - AfricaCERT Workshop & Forums
> - AFRINIC Trainings
> - AfREN Forum
> - AfTLD – Workshop & Meeting
> - ISOC Africa Sessions
> - ICANN Africa Day
> - AfCHix TechWomen Summit
> - A one-day AfNOG Plenary Session
> - A three-day AFRINIC Plenary Session.
>
> In addition, several side meetings and workshops will be hosted in
> collaboration with other organizations.
>
> Who Attends?
>
> A broad range of ICT Industry leaders and technical experts including
> Internet Service Providers (ISPs), Network Engineers, CSIRTs Engineers and
> Policy makers who wish to acquire the necessary skills in ICT, Government,
> Regulators, Telecommunication companies and ICT vendors. It is a good
> opportunity for networking among peers and businesses.
>
> Why Attend?
>
> - The AIS addresses the current and future needs of operators in the
> ICT Industry
> - It is focused on popular and emerging ICT Industries such as Cyber
> Security, Mobile Networking among other.
> - It features discussions on a wide range of issues of the Internet
> including the current and newest trends in ICT.
> - Industry experts will be participating in conference sessions from
> thought-provoking and visionary keynote presentations to interactive panel
> sessions, all addressing the most pressing topics
>
> Local Host
>
> The Local Hosts for the Event is Ministère des Postes et des
> Télécommunications, Senegal.
>
> Venue & Hotel
>
> This will be announced shortly.
>
> Time Table
>
> Workshop & Tutorials
>
> Event Date(s)
> Unix Boot Camp 29 April 2018 (Sunday)
> Networking Boot Camp 29 April 2018 (Sunday)
> CERT Boot Camp 29 April 2018 (Sunday)
> AfNOG Workshop 30 April - 4 May 2018 (Monday - Friday)
> AfricaCERT Workshop 30 April - 4 May 2018 (Monday - Friday)
> AfTLD - Workshop & Forum 30 April - 4 May 2018 (Monday - Friday)
> AfCHIXTechWomen Summit 5 May 2018 (Saturday)
> ICANN Day 5 May 2018 (Saturday)
> AFRINIC Trainings 5 - 7 May 2018 (Saturday - Monday)
> ICANN Special Workshop 6 May 2018 (Sunday)
> AfNOG Tutorials 6 - 7 May 2018 (Sunday - Monday)
> ISOC Africa Sessions TBC
>
> Conference
>
> Event Date(s)
> Opening Session 7 May 2018 (Monday at 5 pm)
> AfREN Meeting / AAF 7 May 2018 (Monday)
> AfNOG-19 Conference 8 May 2018 (Tuesday)
> AFRINIC-28 Conference 9 - 11 May, 2018 (Wednesday - Friday)
>
> About AfNOG
>
> AfNOG (Seehttp://www.afnog.org/) is a forum for cooperation and the
> exchange of technical information between operators of Internet-connected
> networks in Africa. AfNOG aims at building a community of engineers helping
> each other operate Internet Infrastructure in Africa, and on the Global
> Internet as well as promote the discussion of issues relating to
> implementation of new networks that require community cooperation.
>
> AfNOG has since year 2000 organized their annual Event in a different
> African country each year.
>
> "While AfNOG fuels the rapid growth of the Internet in Africa with trained
> technical capacity, our content has been determined by the needs of the
> community. In so doing AfNOG's output training capacity has multiplied in
> the past decade and the community flourished"
>
> AfNOG Workshop on Network Technology
>
> The AfNOG Workshop on Network Technology aims to offer advanced training
> to people who are in the process of developing and enhancing an
> Internet-connected network with regional and international connectivity.
> The target audience includes senior and mid-level technical staff of
> commercial Internet service providers (ISPs), academic networks, government
> networks, or NGO networks.
>
> This workshop builds on the experience of previous AfNOG workshops held
> annually from 2000 to 2017 in eighteen different African countries, and
> also the Internet Society's INET workshops, held annually from 1993 to 2000
> at eight locations around the world. The workshop's Instructors are an
> international team with many years of experience in operating large
> networks and teaching about network operations.
>
> The workshop is divided into eight parallel tracks: ( 5 English & 3 French
> Tracks)
>
> - SS-E - Scalable Internet Services (in English), focused on the
> design and operation of email, web, and other Internet services, in ways
> that can scale to handle large numbers of end users.
> - SS-F - Scalable Internet Services (en francais), similar to track
> SS-E, but given in French.
> - SI-E - Scalable Network Infrastructure (in English), focused on the
> design and operation of networks using routers and switches, in ways that
> can scale to handle large numbers of interconnected sites.
> - SI-F - Scalable Network Infrastructure (en francais), similar to
> track SI-E, but given in French.
> - NM – E, Network Monitoring & Management (English)
> - NM-F, Network Monitoring & Management (en francais), similar to
> track NM-E, but given in French.
> - AR –E, Advanced Routing Techniques (English)
> - CT- E, CERT Training (English)
>
> Workshop application information is at :
> English:www.afnog.org/applications/online_application_en.php
> French:www.afnog.org/applications/online_application_fr.php
> **Workshop Deadline – December 31, 2017
>
> About AFRINIC
>
> AFRINIC (Seehttp://www.afrinic.net/) is the Regional Internet Registry
> for Africa headquartered in Ebene, Mauritius. It is responsible for the
> distribution and management of Internet number resources (IP address space
> and Autonomous System Numbers) in Africa and the Indian Ocean region.
> AFRINIC ensures equitable and efficient distribution of Internet number
> resources to the African Internet community to support Internet governance,
> technology usage and development across the continent.
>
> Trainings and capacity building are a central part of AFRINIC's activities
> and the objective is to build competence within Africa in IPv6 adoption as
> well as associated technologies required to use internet number resources
> effectively. More on AFRINIC can be found at (see http://www.afrinic.net/
> ).
>
> AfricaCERT
>
> AfricaCERT will hold a 6 day Workshop & Tutorial on CERT from 30thApril –
> 5thMay 2018 in Senegal. AfricaCERT is the African forum of computer
> incident response teams, and aims to propose solutions to Challenges for a
> better health in the Af* Internet Ecosystem.
>
> The objectives of AfricaCERT include, but are not restricted to :
>
> - Assisting African countries in establishing CSIRTs;
> - Strengthening the relationships amongst CSIRTs in Africa and with
> other stakeholders all over the World;
> - Fostering and supporting education and outreach programs in ICT
> Security;
> - Encouraging information sharing in ICT Security;
> - Promoting good practices and experiences sharing among members to
> develop a comprehensive framework for cybersecurity including better
> addressing of legal and regulatory issues;
> - Assisting African CSIRTS in improving Cyber readiness and enhancing
> the resilience of ICT Infrastructure;
> - Promoting Collaborative Technology Research, Development and
> Innovation in the ICT security field.
>
> Please visitwww.africacert.org afnog.org/www.africacert.org for further
> information.
>
> AfTLD – Workshop & Meeting
>
> Africa Top Level Domains Organization will be conducting a Workshop &
> Forum during AIS. Further information will be provided shortly.
>
> ICANN AFRICA
>
> ICANN Africa will be holding sessions on ICANN Day on 5th May 2018 and
> ICANN Special Workshop on 6thMay 2018
>
> ISOC AFRICA
>
> ISOC Africa will be holding sessions/tutorials on Internet Governance,
> etc. Further information will be provided shortly.
>
> AfCHIX
>
> AfCHIX will be holding the second AfCHIX Tech Women Summit on 5th May
> 2018. Further information will be provided shortly.
>
> AfNOG Tutorials
>
> AfNOG will offer 1 to 2 full-day(s) tutorials on advanced topics.
>
> Tutorials take place in a classroom-style environment, and may include a
> hands-on practical component. Tutorials are non-commercial in nature, and
> most are technically oriented. They are intended to offer advanced training
> on technology already deployed or soon to be deployed on networking and
> related services provisioning for ISP operations.
>
> Additional information about AfNOG 2018 Tutorials will be available here
> shortly:
> www.afnog.org/afnog2018/tutorial
>
> AfREN
>
> The Africa Research and Education Networking (AfREN) will be holding a one
> day meeting on 7thMay 2018.
>
> AfREN is the annual forum on African research and education networking. As
> one of the Af* organizations, the AfREN forum is part of the annual Africa
> Internet Summit (AIS) and was convened since 2007 by the Research and
> Education Networking Unit (RENU) of the Association of African Universities
> in collaboration with AfNOG & AFRINIC.
>
> The forum is a platform for discussions on issues of interest to the
> research and education networking (REN) community such as collaboration,
> advocacy and coordination of activities in Africa. Sharing of experience
> and best practices as well as presentation of innovative networking
> technologies are also regularly addressed at AfREN.
>
> The sponsorship of campus network managers to attend the annual AfNOG
> training workshops has also become an integral part of AfREN.
>
> Since 2012, with the formation of regional RENs covering all the countries
> of Africa, there is a traditional session on updates from the UbuntuNet
> Alliance (Eastern and Southern Africa), WACREN (West and Central Africa)
> and ASREN (Arab countries, including North Africa).
>
> Typical AfREN participants include among others, campus and research and
> education network practitioners, REN operators, telecom operators,
> regulators, policy makers and international partners.
>
> Additional information on AfREN 2018 will be provided shortly.
>
> AfNOG-19 Meeting
>
> The 19thAfNOG meeting will be held in Dakar, Senegal on 8thMay 2018.
>
> AfNOG conferences provide a forum for the coordination and dissemination
> of technical information related to backbone/enterprise networking
> technologies and operational practices. The meetings are informal, with an
> emphasis on relevance to current and future African backbone engineering
> practices. The AfNOG 2017 conference in Kenya drew several delegates,
> mainly consisting of network engineering staff from lnternet Service
> providers, Telecommunication Companies, Government, Research and Education
> community, Civil Society. Additional information and the Conference
> schedule will be available here shortly:
> www.afnog.org/afnog2018/conference
>
> AFRINIC-28 Public Policy Meeting
>
> The AFRINIC-28 Public Policy meeting will be held in Dakar, Senegal for
> three days from 9thto 11thMay, 2018. AFRINIC Meetings are open to everyone
> and provide an excellent opportunity to take part in Internet policy
> discussions. These policies, which describe how Internet Number Resources
> should be managed and distributed, are developed by the community. The
> meeting will include tutorials, presentations, update on the various
> working groups and the AFRINIC Public Policy Meeting. The three day meeting
> will be preceded by IPv6 training and training in Internet Number Resource
> Management.
>
> Further information will be available at www.afrinic.net/en/community/a
> frinic-events.
>
> Visa Requirements
>
> Please check visa requirements with the Senegal Embassy or Consulate in
> your country.
>
> Please join us, once again, as we come together to learn, network and
> shape the future of ICT in Africa._______________________
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